- Menopause Is Different for Women of Color
- 7 related studies for Dark-Skinned women
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10 studies in both categories Dark Skin and Women - VitaminDWiki – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
- VitaminDWiki – Skin - Dark contains
- VitaminDWiki – (Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains:
Menopause Is Different for Women of Color
New York Times vitamin D is not mentioned
7 related studies for Dark-Skinned women
- Risk of early menopause reduced 17 percent by a modest amount of vitamin D – May 2017
- Poor menstrual cycles 2X more likely if poor vitamin D levels - many studies
- Age of menopause increases if add vitamin D or UVB
- Early menarche, miscarriage and stillbirth are associated with heart disease (all are associated with low Vitamin D) – Jan 2018
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Sleep fragmentation 2X worse in UK senior women having dark skins – Jan 2019
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Does the High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in African Americans Contribute to Health Disparities? - Feb 2021 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020499 FREE PDF
VitaminDWiki -
10 studies in both categories Dark Skin and Women This list is automatically updated
- Menopause is earlier in black women (low vitamin D) - Aug 2023
- Immune systems of overweight black women improved by monthly 60,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2022
- Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case) – Dec 2019
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
- Urgency Urinary Incontinence in senior black women decreased 40 percent by weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017
- Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay – July 2017
- CDC vitamin D statistics for women: including blacks and high BMI – March 2012
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Vitamin D levels dropped after training for white, but not black females April 2010
VitaminDWiki – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
FACT - - People with dark skins have more health problems and higher mortality rate than those with light skins
Dark Skin studies: Pregnancy (
FACT - - People with dark skins have low levels of vitamin D
FACT - - People with light skins who have low vitamin D have health problems
OBSERVATION - - The health problems of whites with low level of vitamin D are similar to those with dark skins
CONCLUSION - - People with dark skins have more health problems due to low levels of vitamin D
African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant Feb 2021
Low Vitamin D increases health problems - independent of skin color30 studies), Genetics ( 13 studies), Vitamin D Binding Protein ( 8 studies), Vitamin D Receptor ( 7 studies), Diabetes ( 24 studies), Cardiovascular ( 18 studies), Mortality ( 12 studies), Intervention ( 16 studies) Click here to see the studies
VitaminDWiki – Skin - Dark contains
468 items below see also Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D, Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies, High Risk, "Sickle Cell"
Dark Skin studies : Pregnancy (30 ), Genetics ( 13 ), Vitamin D Binding Protein ( 8 ), Vitamin D Receptor ( 7 ), Diabetes ( 24 ), Cardiovascular ( 18 ), Mortality ( 12 )
VitaminDWiki – (Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains:
Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans Cancer.org
- “African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers”
- Has a huge number of tables and charts, Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned
Leading Causes of Death as of March 2018
All Ages Death rate Black White Ratio Heart diseases 217 171 1.27 Cancer 199 170 1.17 Cerebrovascular diseases 51 36 1.4 Diabetes 40 19 2.0 Rates per 100,000 Age adjusted Non-Hispanic
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